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WILDPACKET
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:
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We would like our note book users to change their time zone settings bcos
they travel a lot. The users have no local admin rights but I have done a
security template where they can change the time on their local computers and
can also change time zone too.
I do not want them to change the time. I only want them to change the time
zone??
Please advise how can I achieve this, I was looking around but cannot seem
to fine anything. I only want them to change the time zone not the time but
changing the time zone will also change their local time too .. hmmmmm.
Advise please.
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Paul Williams [MVP]
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:
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Changing the timezone doesn't affect the time. Sure, the local time is
going to be different, but Windows works with GMT (or UNC I think they call
it), so it doesn't matter what timezone is used.
As for how to do one and not the other, I don't think you can stipulate
that. The right in question does both. Therefore I'm afraid you either
have to trust them or you don't.
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Paul Williams
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
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WILDPACKET
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:
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Thank you for your response Paul.
I was wondering if there is a registery entry which could just grey out the
Date&Time Tab and let the Time zone tab be enabled????
"Paul Williams [MVP]" wrote:
| Quote: | Changing the timezone doesn't affect the time. Sure, the local time is
going to be different, but Windows works with GMT (or UNC I think they call
it), so it doesn't matter what timezone is used.
As for how to do one and not the other, I don't think you can stipulate
that. The right in question does both. Therefore I'm afraid you either
have to trust them or you don't.
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Paul Williams
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
http://www.msresource.net | http://forums.msresource.net
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Paul Williams [MVP]
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:
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Well. It changes the time from the user's perspective. It localises it -
based on where you are in relation to GMT. From Windows' point of view, the
time never changes - Windows only works in GMT.
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WILDPACKET
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:
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You mean changing the time zone does not change the time????
"Paul Williams [MVP]" wrote:
| Quote: | Changing the timezone doesn't affect the time. Sure, the local time is
going to be different, but Windows works with GMT (or UNC I think they call
it), so it doesn't matter what timezone is used.
As for how to do one and not the other, I don't think you can stipulate
that. The right in question does both. Therefore I'm afraid you either
have to trust them or you don't.
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Paul Williams
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
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kj
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
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That would be \\hh.min.sec ??? ;-)
UTC or "Coordinated Universal Time" = GMT
Why it's not C.U.T., I dunno, or how we now know no one else in the Universe
uses something else.
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/kj
"Paul Williams [MVP]" <ptw2001@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Changing the timezone doesn't affect the time. Sure, the local time is
going to be different, but Windows works with GMT (or UNC I think they
call
it), so it doesn't matter what timezone is used.
As for how to do one and not the other, I don't think you can stipulate
that. The right in question does both. Therefore I'm afraid you either
have to trust them or you don't.
--
Paul Williams
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
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Paul Williams [MVP]
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:51 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | Why it's not C.U.T., I dunno, or how we now know no one else in the
Universe
uses something else. |
Valid point. What if something else has a better system of time that is
also called UTC? ;-)
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kj
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:
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My proposed "GTC" (Geo Time Coordinated) was met with only laughter. Maybe
they thought I was talking about an automobile. Probably a language
translation thing, I don't know.
For the record UTC is human Earth time and UT1 is Earth's Real time. UTC
gets adjusted when the difference with UT1 approaches +/- .9 seconds. Oh,
and I was "out of band" corrected that UTC does not "equal" GMT and that GMT
is obsolete and should no longer be used.
I wonder if anyone submitted a bug to that effect on Vista beta 1?
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/kj
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| Quote: | Why it's not C.U.T., I dunno, or how we now know no one else in the
Universe
uses something else.
Valid point. What if something else has a better system of time that is
also called UTC? ;-)
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kj
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:51 am Post subject:
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As I heard it, the UK was the source of all time. But I also heard, and
UK'ers please correct if wrong, that UK time in winter is not GMT.
(I'm soooo confused!)
;-)
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Paul Williams [MVP]
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:51 am Post subject:
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GMT will never be obsolete. UTC sucks. GMT rocks. Britain is the centre
of the Universe! ;-)
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Paul Williams [MVP]
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:51 am Post subject:
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Otherway round. It is GMT in the winter. In the summer we go into British
Summer Time (BMT) which is GMT+1, AKA daylight saving time.
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kj
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:51 am Post subject:
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or UTC+1!
thanks for putting me straight.
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| Quote: | Otherway round. It is GMT in the winter. In the summer we go into
British
Summer Time (BMT) which is GMT+1, AKA daylight saving time.
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Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
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